Jump Start Classes

Jump Start Classes:

Students will receive scientific literature, recorded lectures, and open-ended questions to build knowledge in neuroscience and cutting-edge neurotechnology. The Jump Start Classes will be provided to students in a virtual format and are required in order to attend the in-person summer camp.    The Cai lab will provide regular office hours to discuss these topics in more details and to answer student questions.  

The Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Jump Start classes are broken into 8 modules: 

(I) Nervous System Anatomy 

(II) Neuronal Cell Biology 

(III) Drosophila as a model system 

(IV) Transgenic Animals 

(V) Multispectral Labeling and Fluorescence Microscopy 

(VI) Optogenetics & Thermogenetics 

(VII) Image and Video Analysis 

(VIII) AI Analysis